Electric candle



Jan. 89

G. M. LEWlS ELECTRIC CANDLE Filed Jan. 27, 1923 GHQ z mags ten eerie.

BIG CANDLE.

Application one January 27, was. semi ito. erases.

To all whom it may comm:

Be it known that l, GnAonM. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth, State of New Jersey,have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Candles,of which the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked 1o thereonThe invention relates to new and. useful improvements in electriccandles, and more particularly to an electric candle wherein the currentis supplied to the lamp from a storage battery contained within the bodyportion of the candle.

An object of the invention is to provide a candle of the above typewhich is entirely free from any projecting switch buttons or the like,and wherein the lamp may be readily connected or disconnected from thebattery or batteries by a turning movement of the body portion of thecandle relative to the supporting base therefor.

A furthen object of the invention is to provide" a cane of the abovetype wherein the lamp is fixedly supported by the body portion of thecandleand is enclosed by a glass dome.

These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part behereinafter more full disclosed.

In the drawings which show by wayof illustration one embodiment of theinvention- Figural is a sectional view through an electric candleembodying my improve ments; and a ortion of a candle st ck in which thecan e is supported;

40 Fig. 2 is a similar view of the candle, but with the parts turned soas to disconnect the battery fromthe lamp Fig. 3 is a plan view of themetal disk on which the batteries rest. p

In carrying out the invention, 1 have pro vided, a candle which.includes a supporting base adapted to be fixedly held by a candle stick,or other suitable means and this supportin base carries a tubular bodypori l tion w ich is connected to the base, so that when the tubularbody portion is turned on the base it has an endwise movement relativeto the base. At the upper end of the tubular body portion there is asupport for the lamp and within the tubular body portion is a battery orbatteries. The batteries rest on the base and are free to move endwisein the tubular body portion. The lamp is fixed in the tubularbodyportion and when the tubular body portion is rotated to and movedendwise toward or away from the base, it will at the same time move thelamp terminal toward or away from the battery terminal and thusdisconnect the light from its source of supply. a

The batteries preferably rest upon a metal disk provided with an oblongstud or button which normally fits within a similar shaped recess in thebatteries. When the tubular body portion is turned it will turn to thebatteries as there is suficient frictional contact between the two forthis purpose, although this frictional contact does not prevent thebatteries} from moving endwise therein. The turnin of the.batteries onre the oblong button wi cause the oblon recess to ride up on the surfaceof the ob ong,

- button and raise'the batteries from the supporting base and thusfurther aids in cansing the terminal on the battery the terminal on thelamp;v

Referring more in detail to the drawings, I have shown my invention asconsisting of. a candle having a supporting base 1. This supporting base1 may be made of wood, cork, metal or the' like, and the outer wallthereof is'so tapered as to fit. within the usual recess formed in theouter end of a candle stick, a portion of which is indicated at 2 in thedrawings. This outer tapered to wall may be flutedor otherwise formed sothat when the tapered base is inserted in the candle stick, it will'befixed therein and not easily turnable in the candlestick.

Mounted on this base 1 is a tubular body @t portion 3 which may be ofporcelaimmetal, or any other suitable material to simulate a candle. Thetubular body portion 3 has an exterior thread t which is adapted to engage a thread 5 on the interior of a sleeve no to engage by the turningof the body portion on the therein riding on said projection will raisebase will move said terminal into and out of thebattery to aid inestablishing a conengagement, an oblong metal projection senectlonbetween the battery and the lamp, 19

cured to said base and adapted to engage and a glass dome secured to thebody portion 5 a similar shaped recess in the battery whereand enclosingsaid lamp.

by, when said battery is turned relative to In testimoiy whereof, Iaflix my signature. the supporting base, the walls of the recess RACEMOYNAN LEWIS.

